The individual who set himself alight inside the premises of a leasing company in Ampara yesterday has succumbed to his injuries. Police Media Unit said the man had succumbed to his injuries » Read more

The construction of the allegedly illegal Nayaganga hydropower plant will be allowed to continue unless the Department of Wild Life Conservation intervenes, according to Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka. » Read more

“While some of the promises made in the 100-Day program are nowhere near being delivered, authorities are more concerned about arresting an innocent lady, even as many of the real culprits have » Read more

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday (February 28) for a four-day visit. According to UN office in Colombo, Feltman is expected to meet with senior officials of » Read more

With many of the main objectives listed in the 100-Day program of the government now running into unforeseen delays, senior figures in the government have become more cautious regarding meeting targeted deadlines » Read more

Student activists of the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) have been given no solutions although they have been holding a Satyagraha in protest of many issues, including high tuition fees for » Read more

Mr. Samaraweera has fashioned a trident, a three pronged policy on human rights, accountability and reconciliation which undermines Sri Lanka’s sovereignty, national security and national interest. What are the three... Read more

The delay in implementing the electoral reforms has given rise to several questions as to whether the coming election should be held under the existing electoral system; the present preference... Read more

Authorities removed 45,000 potted tropical bushes used to decorate the outer perimeter wall of Temple Trees, the official residence of the Prime Minister. This ‘foliage wall’ was apparently constructed at a cost of Rs.3 million ahead of CHOGM 2013 and maintenance costs are said to have been forbidding. The plants will be sent to the Gampaha Botanical Gardens. Read more

The weekly briefing on Cabinet decisions which was due at 1.00pm was delayed very badly and journalists are still waiting at the premises for the relevant officials' arrival and occupying the seats. Journalists wish them not to follow the “always late theory” which they were harassed by in the past. Read more

SPECIAL EDITION

Ranil Wickremesinghe didn’t run for the Presidency. Indeed, we can safely conclude that Ranil Wickremesinghe could not have won had he contested simply because if ‘reform’ was his thing then it is more easily obtained by winning the Presidency rather than waiting on the largesse of » Read more

Critical Point

Sixty-seven years after a historical juncture we call independence, we are still busy in trying to sort things out raising the inevitable uncertainty whether we have truly become independent. Just three years short of seven decades, we are » Read more

The cold weather has persisted since December 2014. There will be no let up and below freezing temperatures are to continue into early March. That is before the United Kingdom’s General Elections in May. “Now what connection has » Read more